Having a "number for times thanked" count

I like the balance thanks is at now. It's enough to give a bit of good vibes to someone in a nice way, without leading to thanks whoring.

At the end of the day, we've had a reputation-system built into our brains. If we've seen someone posting ****e on the one hand or seen them post things we thought was insightful or funny on the other then even if we don't actually remember their username and avatar, it's subconsiously picked up the next time we're scanning a thread and we pay less or more attention respectively. It's been working for many millennia, and it works well.

E-Bay benefits from a rep system, but deals with a very different situation where you may be doing business with someone you've never come across before. Further, the rep is about what someone is like in a particular context, whereas the same post someone thought was worth thanking might be why you consider putting them on your ignore list.